Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

MULLINS IT OVER: In his first, exclusive column for the Olive Press, Charlie Mullins reveals that life as an expat in Spain trumps the high-tax grind back in London

By Charlie Mullins AS my many friends in Spain and the UK know, as well as a load of haters in the UK, I’m now

11 Apr, 2025 @ 15:14

Pet detective: Missing tortoise’s mysterious return baffles Brit expat owner in Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE mysterious disappearance – and sudden reappearance – of a tortoise in San Roque has left locals scratching their heads. Tom the tortoise, a much-loved

11 Apr, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Nature

Serial burglar back to jail in Gibraltar: Local man caught hours after robbing three businesses in one night

A SERIAL burglar has been jailed for a spate of break-ins in businesses around Gibraltar. Christian Baglietto, 47, of Prince Edward’s Road, appeared before the

11 Apr, 2025 @ 14:30

Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s illegal Hotel Algarrobico – asset or eyesore?: Michael Coy investigates the saga that has been going through the courts for decades

IF you drive along the Andalucian coast road east of Almería, you enter a desolate wilderness. The bustling port gives way, alarmingly rapidly, to a

11 Apr, 2025 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Lead·Property

Heartless farmer jailed for starving 170 geese to death in Spain

THE Spanish Supreme Court has upheld a 15-month prison sentence imposed on a farmer who abandoned 170 geese to die of hunger. In its judgment,

11 Apr, 2025 @ 13:15

Andalucia·Lead

Spain's Prime Minister backs relationship with China during Beijing talks as tariff war hots up between Asian giant and the US

Spain’s Prime Minister backs relationship with China during Beijing talks as tariff war hots up between Asian giant and Trump

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has said it was ‘important to continue making progress in building good economic relations between China, Spain, and the EU’.

11 Apr, 2025 @ 12:45

Lead·National News·Politics

New protections for the Costa del Sol’s controversial ‘donkey taxis’ after ‘several collapsed from the heat’ last summer

MIJAS Town Council has introduced a new set of regulations aimed at protecting the welfare of animals used in the town. Donkey taxi and horse-drawn

11 Apr, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Nature·Politics

Spain shuts down ‘golden visa’ scheme – what alternative residency pathways remain?

On 3rd April, Spain officially ended support for its investment visa pathways commonly known as “golden visas”. The golden visa programme allowed non-EU residents to

11 Apr, 2025 @ 11:56

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

The ultimate inside job: Bank cleaner in Spain’s Marbella steals thousands when staff ‘not looking’

IN a case that’s left colleagues stunned, a cleaner working at a bank branch in Marbella has been arrested after allegedly stealing €16,000 in cash

11 Apr, 2025 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Spain braces for another round of ‘blood rain’: These will be the affected areas – but will it miss the Costa del Sol?

SPAIN is bracing for a dramatic bout of ‘blood rain’ as Storm Olivier pushes a thick plume of Saharan dust across the country, combining with

11 Apr, 2025 @ 11:17

Costa del Sol·Lead·Weather

Spain’s inflation tumbles to lowest rate in six months as electricity prices fall

LOWER electricity and fuel prices helped Spain’s inflation rate to go down to 2.3% in March. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) said on Friday that

11 Apr, 2025 @ 11:01

Lead·National News

WATCH: Disturbing moment helicopter ‘falls into Hudson river’ as Spanish family – including three children – die in latest New York aviation tragedy

THIS is the horrifying moment a tourist helicopter carrying a Spanish family of five plunged into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon. Everyone on board

11 Apr, 2025 @ 10:12

Lead·National News·Video

Valencia City could lose €150m of European money after failing to agree on a Low Emission Zone

Move over Benidorm: Valencia has been crowned ‘queen of the Mediterranean’, according to British travel expert

AS many Europeans shiver through another wet and windy spring, more and more tourists are trading drizzle for dazzling sun – and the Spanish city

11 Apr, 2025 @ 10:00

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Valencia

Trump admin warns Spain: Aligning with China like ‘cutting your own throat’ as Pedro Sanchez arrives in Beijing

US TREASURY Secretary Scott Bessent issued a warning with a specific emphasis on Spain that aligning with China would be like ‘cutting one’s throat’. The

10 Apr, 2025 @ 18:15

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

‘Blood rain is coming to Spain’s Andalucia tomorrow’: Orange alerts for rain and strong winds to hit Cadiz and Malaga

BLOOD rain known as Calima coupled with strong winds are predicted for Andalucia on Friday, thanks to Storm Olivier. The first effects of the latest

10 Apr, 2025 @ 17:20

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

American musician found stabbed to death inside abandoned building that became his home in Spain

American musician brutally stabbed to death inside abandoned building that became his home in Spain

THE BODY of an American musician has been discovered in an abandoned car workshop in Valencia province. The Guardia Civil said 39-year-old Djinn Maury had

10 Apr, 2025 @ 16:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Relief for users as new bus route between Estepona and Marbella announced on Spain’s Costa del Sol

MOVING between Marbella and Estepona with public transport has just become easier with the new Avanza bus line, even offering a 50% discount. The new

10 Apr, 2025 @ 15:55

Costa del Sol·Lead

Starter pack for ‘guiris’ in Spain: Spanish make lighthearted fun of tourists – but is it accurate?

A SPANISH social media outlet has made fun of tourists in Spain through a satirical ‘Guiri en España Starter Pack’. Spainsays is an Instagram account

10 Apr, 2025 @ 15:06

La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Spanish teenager is terrorised by Gibraltar monkey: Locals give tourists advice on dealing with the apes

A TEENAGE girl was terrorised by an encounter with one of the Barbary macaques that inhabit the Rock of Gibraltar. Read here what you should

10 Apr, 2025 @ 15:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s Mallorca considering ‘range of measures to control tourism’ as summer season starts

THE temporary ban on establishing new beds for tourists continues in Mallorca and its surrounding islands. The Balearic government is working to control overtourism on

10 Apr, 2025 @ 14:40

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Wild boars increasingly seen in Spain’s towns – and even shopping centres – carry ‘diarrhoea parasite that can transmit to humans’

WILD boars have appeared more and more in some of Spain’s urban areas in recent years- looking for food due to the drought destroying some

10 Apr, 2025 @ 14:00

Health·Lead·National News

Boy, 14, will not be imprisoned despite killing father during family argument in Spain's Murcia

Teenager, 14, who stabbed his father to death during argument in Spain’s Murcia avoids jail

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy who was convicted of stabbing his father to death to protect his mother during an argument, will not be imprisoned. Murcia’s Juvenile

10 Apr, 2025 @ 13:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Nursing horror in Spain: British woman, 84, is rescued from illegal care home 'almost in a coma and surrounded by animal filth'

Care horror in Spain: British woman, 84, is rescued from illegal nursing home ‘almost in a coma and surrounded by animal filth’

AN ILLEGAL British-owned residential home in the Murcia region has been exposed after an unnamed 84-year old woman- also British- had to be rushed to

10 Apr, 2025 @ 12:07

Lead·Murcia

Spain trialling new AI-driven 150kmh ‘dynamic speed limit’ that adapts to road conditions – amid huge crackdown on speeding

SPAIN has begun testing dynamic speed limits of up to 150 km/h on motorways, as a campaign against speeding has commenced all over the country.The

10 Apr, 2025 @ 11:42

Lead·National News

WATCH: Daylight robbery thwarted in Spain’s Costa del Sol: Cops make dramatic take down

THIS is the moment when police officers caught armed robbers red handed. Yesterday morning, two assailants tried to rob a currency exchange office on Avenida

10 Apr, 2025 @ 10:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Video

‘Where’s the missing police Whatsapps?’ Gibraltar’s McGrail inquiry comes back with a bang

THE so-called McGrail inquiry reconvened yesterday to examine allegations of ‘a number of possible deletions’ of Whatsapp messages between senior Royal Gibraltar Police officers. Seeing

10 Apr, 2025 @ 10:08

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

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